Hey guys, when I try to use gotsent to convert this video, it says the avc is unplayable by the 360.
Format : Matroska
File size : 1.95 GiB
Duration : 43mn 46s
Overal bit rate : 6364 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2006-03-21 21:30:30
Writing application : mkvmerge v1.6.5 ('Watcher Of The Skies') built on Dec 7 2005 18:53:53
Writing library : libebml v0.7.6 + libmatroska v0.8.0

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 16 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 43mn 44s
Bit rate : 5719 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 6000 Kbps
Width : 1280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.272
Title : Main Movie
Writing library : x264 core 45 svn-474
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=16 / deblock=1:-2:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=6 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / slices=4 / nr=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=6000 / ratetol=50.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.40 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30
Language : English

Audio
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 43mn 46s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Title : English DD5.1
Language : English

It told me to convert to mpeg2, so I did, and of course It does not show up on the disk I burned , so Im assuming the 360 doesn't play mpeg2 videos besides dvds.

Can anyone give me any pointers on how to get this to play on the 360? Will a manual conversion process work?

Just an update here
I tried manually converting it(demux, change level, convert audio, remux), it plays on the 360, but with a shitload of artifacts. Its unwatchable. I will try with a newer version of h264info and post the results back here.

I guess gotsent isnt very reliable in the sense of telling you what will work on the 360, then.

Using an ewer version yielded the same results.
One thing I noticed was that the max bitrate of the newly created mp4 was 16mb. I will try limiting the bitrate to 10000 using h264 info.

If anyone can help me, that would be nice. I kinda dont have a clue as to what Im doing.

The mediainfo for the new file is here.
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 1.88 GiB
Duration : 43mn 46s
Overal bit rate : 6152 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-06-21 21:07:48
Tagged date : UTC 2008-06-21 21:07:48

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 16 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Duration : 43mn 46s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5979 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 16.8 Mbps
Width : 1280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.271
Stream size : 1.83 GiB
Encoded date : UTC 2008-06-21 21:07:48
Tagged date : UTC 2008-06-21 21:12:37

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 43mn 45s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 169 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 226 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 52.9 MiB
Encoded date : UTC 2008-06-21 21:12:24
Tagged date : UTC 2008-06-21 21:12:37


The max bitrate is still 16.8 mb/s, so the limiting through h264 seems to have done nothing. Now I am stuck. To summarize the problem, the file plays perfectly on my pc, but on my 360 it plays with a lot of artifacts. How do I get rid of them? If the problem is the bitrate, how do I lower it?

don't think you can lower it without re-encoding which defeats the purpose...

some MKVs just aren't compatible.

For better MKV conversion try XenonMKV

mkv.jakebillo.com

Xenon said it was unplayable as well.

If I must reencode to a 360 compatible file, wat method would be the fastest, but still retain good quality?
The mpeg2 conversion gotsent did was fairly fast, only took about 1 1/2 hour, and looked good, but the 360 doesn't play mpeg2s....... Anyone have any suggestions?

When I used to do conversions of HD material I used Encode360. Pretty good results on fastest setting.

Hi
You are not clear with your thoughts, will you give more information. So I can help you out in this matter.



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